Delicious Delicacies for a Delicate Cost

Cheap, fast and enough to fill up an empty stomach. Try these followings:

1 – Tuna or Egg Mayo Sandwich

All you need are a can of tuna, tomatoes and some bread. For a change, try frying some eggs and mixed them well with mayo, with a dash of pepper and some butter. All under the costs of 2 bucks. It’s a quick yet filling lunch or even breakfast.

2- Onion Mayo Pasta Salad

Served chill, try mixing some mayo with boiled fettuccini, onions, carrots and some fried or baked garlic. A dash of pepper and salt or paprika will help as well. All under the costs of 3 bucks or so.

3 – Porridge

Cook some porridge and be creative with what to go along with it. Fried eggs with pepper and paprika, even fried prawns with mixed vege or even salted lettuce. Very oriental and good when you are sick.

4 – French toast

Beat an egg and mix in some sugar and milk. Dip slices of bread into this batter and fry them well. Oh…heaven! Good for breakfast, lunch, dinner and so on… Good when you realize that your bread is expiring soon. Haha..

5 – Fried Instant Noodles

Tired of friend rice, try frying instant noodles. The same way you fry rice, but just make good use of the flavorings provided along in the instant noodles packet. Make sure add in some mixed vege or fish cakes. Quick and still with an acceptable level of nutrition.

6 – Fried Cauliflower

Hey hey…This is very interesting. Cut some cauliflowers into small bit pieces. Then start to dip them into chili powders. Then deep fry it and of course it has to go with some steamed rice. Tastes like heaven man!! Simple le?

7 – Pizza

Get Pita bread (cheaper when the expiry date is in couple of days) and start layering some pasta sauce on it, then welcome all and everything that you like on your pizza. Simple uh? Sedap tau…

8 – Get more friends

Trick no 8, and MAY I STRESS, the most important one! When you have more friends of different culture, believe me, they are more than keen to feed you. I had a whole good introduction to Korean food once from my housemate in Adelaide, ranging from Korean sushi to cold noodles. And, ITS FREE!!!

Squash & The Hidden Agenda

It has been 3 years since I’ve first started to play squash. Only a few know why I started squash, but I had a hidden agenda behind it actually.

During Foundation 2nd sem, I had rashes all over my back. After consulting the Dr., he told me that those rashes are a sign that I might be diabetic. WOW!!! So much to take in at that time. But after my full body check-up, my sugar level was fine, normal to be precise. Then I thought that it might be a good idea to catch up with a sport and loose some weight (which I did eventually…a bit).

For the credit, Jim was nice enough to coach me along the way. Then I moved to playing with Guan up till now. Flashing back someone said, “Hey, we spend more time picking up the balls then hitting it, don’t we??” I mean even now, Guan and I also spend most of our time picking up balls rather than hitting on it but we still enjoy it. Don’t you Guan?? Lol…

The hidden agenda behind it is actually to mingle with people. I found it hard to even have a word with the Chinese community back then. Then I thought since they do play some sports, we can be friends from there on, or at least have something of similar topic to talk on.

3 years? Fuih…fast fast! Mak Teh and Pak Abbas, come to Sports Complex also la!

Its OK.

It was definitely hard for all of us. I was never good in saying goodbye, and I am not improving an inch since then. The last day of our intern at Guppy, we went to a Western Food Restaurant that we personally choose and our Head of Section, Mr. Rizal insisted to pay for. Uthes and I thought that since it is our day, let’s give them a memorable treat and a souvenir instead. And so we headed to a souvenir shop and carefully selected the items that we wanted to give our colleagues. Then I approached the cashier to pay…

Cashier#1: Tujuh belas ringgit lima puluh sen…

Me: Could you please put this separately for me?

Cashier #1: Lu mau letak ini asing-asing arrr?

Me: Yes, please.

Cashier#1: (In Mandarin) Wah, this fella really horrible la. Asking for separate plastic bags for all of these.

Cashier#2: (In Mandarin)Ya lo, but anyhow customer is always right ma hor???

Cashier#1: (In Mandarin)Sigh…ya lo….

After a while…

Cashier#1: Thank you (while handling me the stuff that I’ve purchased)

Me: Wo shi huo ren! Xie xie…

Cashier #1 and #2’s jaws were like on the floor in awe…

Hello Aunties… You are living in Malaysia where we have so many cross – cultures and mix races la… If want to pat people also wait until people walk off the shop la… Sigh…Malaysians…

Anyhow, we had a great night and I wish it would never over. C u guys in the future, take good care!

Merry Xmas & a Happy New Year!

So fast... Yet another 'fruitful' year. Thanks to all my 'fans' and all the best to all for the days to come. My apologies to some whom I have hurt, and my best wishes to whom I am closely attached. Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

P/s: I'm putting a vow to be fit next year, just in time before Convo so you all can lift me up to the sky. Lol...

When the Lord shuts the door…

I hate urgent shipments! Urgent shipment simply means ‘super-kuli’ job. My supervisor directed me to arrange for an urgent shipment and the parts have to get out from our plant before noon. Therefore, I headed to the ‘Engineering Rack’. Name je glamour, but the condition…huh!! It was hot, dirty, dusty, rusty and whatever ty ty la… But when I was in the midst of segregating the shipment parts, aiseh man, my idol appear from nowhere le, right in front of my eyes!

When the Lord shuts the door, somehow he opens the window. Lol…

Xmas awaits.

Its gonna be Xmas soon and I have NO plans... My mum will be heading to Taiwan, my dad will be at my grandad’s while my brother will be off celebrating his 1st anniversary with my dai sou. I will be at??? Still wondering...

Thank U Aunty.

Uthes’ mum has a great heart for flowers, and according to Uthes even the bees fond to visit their house which is filled with artificial flowers! Well after a great treat his mum gave me for Deepavali, I couldn’t think more of a better way to thank her then getting her some FLOWERS.

Fresh flowers? She is not my girlfriend and plus, fresh flowers won’t last long. Next…
Artificial garland of flowers? Very cheap but mo sam yi ah (less sincere). Despair…

Then I thought of a technique I learnt about 10 years ago. Look at these red drinking straws below. What can it be made into uh???

MAGNUM OPUS!

So for this Christmas, spend less and give someone you love something from your heart!